7.5% GDP expansion difficult: Glimpses of Economic Survey Volume II revealed

The Volume-2 of the Economic Survey 2016-17 was released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday. Some reform measures suggested by the government cutting across sectors include -

Agriculture and Food Management

·         To address production risks, the share of irrigated area should be expanded by increasing the coverage of water saving irrigation systems like micro irrigation systems.

·         To increase productivity of crops, standards should be set and enforced for better quality, pest and disease resistant seeds.

·         Trade and domestic policy changes should be announced well before sowing and should